The 1998 California 500 Presented by NAPA was a

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held on May 3, 1998, at

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in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps on the speedway, it was the 10th race of the

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season.

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of Roush Racing won the race.

Background

The track,

, is a four-turn superspeedway that is long. The track's turns are banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway is banked at three degrees.

Top 10 results

Race Statistics

* Time of race: 3:33:57 * Average Speed: * Pole Speed: * Cautions: 6 for 35 laps * Margin of Victory: 1.287 sec * Lead changes: 18 * Percent of race run under caution: 14% * Average green flag run: 30.7 laps

References

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